All that is exalted in man is nothing

Psalm 49 is a moral conclusion for all, founded on these
judgments of God. Wealth, elevation, all that is exalted in man,
is nothing. Man expects to endure, gives his own name to his
lands, blesses himself, is praised by posterity, and spoken well
of as prudent and wise, seeing he has done well to himself. They
are laid in sheol like sheep. The hope of the man of the world
does not last; he leaves the world he was great in; his
reputation, which lives, is nought for him, deception for
others. Satan's power is for this life; there is no deceiving
after it. Man in honour without understanding is like the beasts
that perish, but the righteous remnant trusts in God: his soul is
redeemed from the power of the grave. God shall accept him. The
preservation on earth, or heavenly blessing is left somewhat vague
here. The immediate hope would be of preserving life; but it would
meet those that might be slain with the fullest and securest
hope. It is even so in Luke 21: 19, "gain your souls," and in
Matthew 24: 13. The ambiguity is preserved there too designedly.